Discussion posted by Aneta WarlikowskiWhat lens is best for landscapes to the camera sony alpha 500I found the lens at Amazon Sony DT 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 Lens in a fairlygood price or it will be suitable for shooting landscapes?See More

I am a Texan. From the time I was a small boy I can remember my parents hauling all over the state showing me culturally and historically important sites and teaching me how to be a Texan. As I think back those are happy times. Fast forward thirty years and now I am a dad myself, and like my mom and dad, I think it’s important for me to share those same lessons with my kids and instill in them, the same pride of place which was taught to me three decades prior. Therefore, we hit the road often. It wasn’t long ago that I took my family on a big swing down the Texas Indepence trail. Like many, we’ve been to the Alamo many times but this time, we decided to go to lesser known sites and envelope ourselves in a significance pieces of history that took place 175 years ago. Our first stop was outside of Gonzalez at Cost, Texas. Cost is the site of the first shot of the Texas war for independence from Mexico and inspired the "Come and Take It" flag in which Texans rallied around after that fateful day in October of 1835. From there we traveled to Washington on the Brazos near Brenham. Washington on the Brazos is the site where delegates from the fledgling country convened and signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. The declaration, authored by George Childress, was debated and signed in a little wooden shack just up the bank from the Brazos River. It is a place of quiet[..]

Nothing is more fun then throwing stuff through a water wall but photographing them.A wall of water is a fascinating thing by itself. It can get even more amazing if you throw stuff through it.In this tutorial, Jack Long will explain how he built the water wall and how he uses it to take spectacular photographs.There is a slight use of power tools so the regular disclaimer applies, don't do anything stupid, and get assistance if you don't feel comfy around heavy machinery that spins fast. We also have a non-regular disclaimer about using water and electricity, make sure you take the necessary precautions with the splashes and all.read more

The top and bottom navigation sections of the site have been given a minor update. The most significant update being the removal of the entire site index from the bottom of every page. For various reasons, it was no longer practical to keep the large directory on every page of the site. For those of you who liked having access to all reviews, tools and other site resources at one location, the new Site Index menu option is for you. From any location on any page on the site, you should be able to jump to the beginning or end of the page (press "Home" or "End") and click on the Site Index menu option to get the feature you want. As always, let me know if you find any problems. Thanks! Update: Plese note that the menu bars should be black with near-white text. This update included changes to the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) file. Feedback indicates that some browsers are using a cached version of this file and seeing a near white-on-white menu bar. Try clearing the browser cache and refreshing the page (rebooting sometimes works as well) to properly see the new design.